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No. 7,685 .v Patented Oct; L 1850 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS LUPTON, OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

DASHBOARD FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 7,685, dated October 1, 1850.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LnwIs LUPTON, of the town of Winchester, in thecounty of Frederick and State of Virginia, have invented a new anduseful Improvement upon Brakes for Vehicles, which I specify anddesignate as the Improved Combination Attachment Carriage-Brake; and Ido hereby declare that the following, is a full and exact description ofthe same.

The nature of my improvement consists in the new form and constructionand the arrangement of the brake apparatus, together with a new form ofa winch-shaped, vertical hand and foot lever, and its arrangement incombination with a sliding tongue, and horizontal or lateral levers, allof which may be operated by the aid of horses attached or by the handand foot; or with or without the sliding of the tongue, or eitherindependently of the others.

In order to cause the brake, or rubbers to bear ofi or react from thewheels, I use a vertically adjusted spiral spring, which is attached insuch a manner as to react the winch-shaped, or hand and foot lever.Connected with the vertical lever I have a jointed moving dash frame,which is detached from the body of the vehicle and connected insteadwith the running-gear part of the vehicle. I also have the slidingtongue, detached from the hand and foot lever, and the lateral orhorizontal levers, so as to operate, or act the brake and rubbers,independantly of the pulling back of the sliding tongue. T 0 back thevehicle, a pin or bolt, is inserted in the tongue and hounds, so as toprevent action of brake and rubbers.

To enable others to construct, and use my improvement, I do herebydeclare that the following, is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure1, is an isometrical perspective plan of running gear, with the brakeapparatus attached thereto. Letters a, a, a, a, show spiral springs,covered with gutta-percha, or india rubber, and upon which springs thebody of the vehicle may be swung; b, b, crossing or stay bars, or rodsconfining the springs in their places; a, 0, rubber, or brake bar; (Z,(Z, rubber blocks; 6, e, e, 6, right and left braces, with staples 1, 2,for support of rubber bar; f, lateral or horizontal levers attached onunderside of support bars; 9, 9, connecting rods, the back ends of whichare fastened through rubber bar, by screw and nut. The front ends ofthese rods are hooked or bent, and work or play in the eyes or holes ofthe large ends of the lateral levers 7",); h h, vertical, winch-shaped,hand and foot lever, which works upon a fulcrum at i, J is the lower orlarge end of hand and foot lever, which end has two openings, or holesthrough which the small or handle ends of lateral levers (f, play. Theunder end, of hand and foot lever, works in, between the jaws of thehounds la, la, is. Against the under-end of hand and foot lever, (whichis jointed at 2,) plays or presses, the butt-end of the sliding tongue,which tongue, also plays in, between the jaws of the hounds. Thissliding tongue is separate and detached from the lever (72., h,). 3, 4,are underside staples, or rests, for support of ends of lateral levers(f, f',). 5, 6, are hounds connecting, or stay staples, and answer forsupport for ends of tongue. m, is the spiral, or reacting spring,covered with gutta-percha, or other elastic material, and this springthrows back the levers to their original positions, and relieves thewheels of the rubber bar, and at the same time forces the tongueforward, to its proper place. n, n, n, n, show moving dash frame jointedat 0, 0, and attached to the'braces (e, 6,). This jointed dash, isattached to hand and foot lever, by rods 7, 8, passing through the eyes2), p.

Fig. 2 is an inverted isometrical perspective view of the running-gear,part of vehicle, with the brake apparatus attached, and is lettered andnumbered according to explanation of Fi 1.

Fig. 3, is a sect1on,.or detached part of the apparatus, and shows theform, construction, and arrangement of tongue in combination with thehand and foot lever (h, h,) m, spiral spring; 71;, the rod or pinthrough the spiral, and is of this form, the ends 0, 0, of which work orplay in the eyes of staples s, s, which staples are attached firmly tostay braces s, 8. At H in hand and foot lever is a hole through whichthe rod or pin a, passes, serving to keep the spiral spring in place. 8,shows the connection of the hand and foot lever (h, it) with the laterallevers. g, g, g, g, is the sliding tongue.

thereby causing the tongue to slide between the jaws of the hounds, thebutt end of the tongue pressing against the winch-shaped or hand andfoot lever (h, 71,) which, operates the lateral levers (7", f,) causingthe brake bar, with the friction or rubber blocks to bear up, or pressagainst the periphery or circumference of the fore wheels, .there bycausing retarded motion. Then so soon as the pressure against the handand foot lever (h, h,) is suspended, the spiral spring (m) throws thesliding tongue and hand and foot lever forward, or to their properposition, thereby relieving the wheels of the pressure and friction ofbrake and rubbers.

I claim The arrangement of the Winch-shaped hand and foot lever (h, h)in combination with and the attaching the same to a jointed, moving dashframe n,'n, n, n, together also with the attaching of said jointed,moving dash frame to the running gear part of the vehicle, instead of tothe body part of the vehicle, as is usual.

I do not claim the originality of inventing brakes for vehicles, nor ofthe sliding tongue; nor of the spiral springs and horizontal levers, butonly so much of'the improved combination as is specified above.

LEWIS LUPTON. [1 s.]

Witnesses:

JNO. P. BENTLEY, E. I. SENSENEG.

